It’s a little grey today but if we can believe the weather gods, we’re due another mini-heatwave. Okay, It will probably the last one this summer, so let’s make the most of it and soak up the sunshine while it lasts. Enjoy some ice-cream, have a BBQ and definitely try this delicious raspberry and orange iced tea! It’s super easy to make and will really give you the summer feeling.
If you want to recreate my recipe, all you need are some fresh raspberries and oranges, sugar, ice cubes and tea bags of your choice. I’ve made this with both black and fruit tea and the only thing you have to play around with is the fruit and syrup ratio.
Recipe raspberry and orange iced tea
Ingredients for fruity raspberry and orange iced tea:
6 cups of water
5 bags of orange tea
4 bags of raspberry tea
1 cup of water
1 cup of raspberries
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of orange juice
orange slices, optional garnish
raspberries, optional garnish
ice cubes
Method:
Fill an empty ice-cube tray with raspberries, 1-2 per cube should be just fine, top up with water and freeze overnight. This is an optional step and mainly for decoration, so don’t worry if you only have ordinary ice-cubes to hand.
First, we’re making a simple raspberry syrup by combining 1 cup of sugar with 1 cup of water and 1 cup of raspberries. Bring your mix to a boil over medium heat until your berries are soft and your sugar has dissolved. Then remove your mix from the heat and cool completely. Strain into a separate container and squeeze your berries to get out any excess juice.
While your syrup is boiling, brew your tea and leave it to cool completely. The number of teabags might seem a little excessive, but your ice cubes will melt and dilute the flavour of your iced tea, so that’s why we’re using more tea bags than water. This is a matter of taste, so experiment and see how you like your iced tea best.
For this raspberry and orange iced tea, I’ve worked with a 2:3 ratio (2 cups of water to 3 bags of tea) and I’ve also added some orange juice for some extra colour and fruitiness.
To enjoy the taste of summer, fill a glass or mason jar with your raspberry ice cubes, add 1/8 cup of your raspberry syrup, 1 cup of tea and fill up with orange juice. If you want to go all out, add some raspberries and orange slices for decoration.
raspberry and orange go so well together in a drink, i bet this is so refreshing on a hot summers day. love the photo 🙂 x
It really is. Amy loves it, even a non-syrup version if we want something a little healthier 🙂
I really don’t like fruity teas (apart from lemon), but I think I might like chilled ones, especially with a shot of vodka in, or maybe mixed with Prosecco 😉
Oh I like the Prosecco idea, I bet that’s really nice. Might have to try that 😉
I’ve never made a drink like this before and I’ve no idea why as it is so simple. I must give it a try as it sounds delicious. Mich x
It’s really refreshing, especially if you ditch the syrup but I do like a bit of sweetness 🙂
I think I am with Helen … I may need to add a little Prosecco. In fact there is no think about it, that is a genius idea!
Although I suspect this would be perfectly refreshing after an evening of too many glasses of Prosecco!
You can have a prosecco and post-prosecco jug 😉
What a great combination, love these flavours! Bet its lovely and refreshing. I’d love to try and make this 🙂
My teen is going to love this as she often makes regular iced tea for herself.
This sounds delicious x
ooo this sounds nice Carolin! As a non-tea drinker this makes me what to give tea a chance 🙂
that looks delicious!
Um hell YES! I bet that’s gorgeous. Iced tea made with rooibos and fresh orange is also delicious.
Oh that sounds nice. I like rooibos tea x
These look awesome…and I NEED those jars!
I paid less than a pound for them. Absolute bargain!
My kids were fanatical about iced tea over the summer.I think I bought every flavour Tesco has in the end.It was so nice to make something that wasn’t squash.
I don’t really like shop-bought iced tea because it’s so sickly sweet and tastes quite artificial at times x
Ooh, this looks delicious. I could definitely do with a cup of this today – it’s so hot! xxx